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以地球為中心的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Geocentric \Ge`o*cen"tric\, Geocentrical \Ge`o*cen"tric*al\, a.
]
Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as,
the geocentric theory of the universe.
Parallax \Par"al*lax\, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual
inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a
little, go aside, deviate; ? beside, beyond + ? to change:
cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.]
1. The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of
an object, as seen from two different stations, or points
of view.
2. (Astron.) The apparent difference in position of a body
(as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the
earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional
point, as the earth's center or the sun.
{Annual parallax}, the greatest value of the heliocentric
parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place
of a body as seen from the earth and sun; as, the annual
parallax of a fixed star.
{Binocular parallax}, the apparent difference in position of
an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the
other, the head remaining unmoved.
{Diurnal}, or {Geocentric}, {parallax}, the parallax of a
body with reference to the earth's center. This is the
kind of parallax that is generally understood when the
term is used without qualification.
{Heliocentric parallax}, the parallax of a body with
reference to the sun, or the angle subtended at the body
by lines drawn from it to the earth and sun; as, the
heliocentric parallax of a planet.
{Horizontal parallax}, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly
body when in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the
body by the earth's radius.
{Optical parallax}, the apparent displacement in position
undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly.
--Brande & C.
{Parallax of the cross wires} (of an optical instrument),
their apparent displacement when the eye changes its
position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus
of the object glass.
{Stellar parallax}, the annual parallax of a fixed star.
Geocentric \Ge`o*cen"tric\, Geocentrical \Ge`o*cen"tric*al\, a.
[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. F.
g['e]ocentrique.] (Astron.)
(a) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to
or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to
heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric
longitude or latitude of a planet.
(b) Having reference to the center of the earth.
{Geocentric latitude} (of place) the angle included between
the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of
the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It
is a little less than the geographic latitude.
資料來源 : WordNet®
geocentric
adj : having the earth as the center [ant: {heliocentric}]